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According to the terms of an agreement he signed with his former church, Ted Haggard was not only banished from New Life but also — in a provision more typical of TV westerns and medieval decrees — forbidden from ever returning to the state of Colorado. As chronicled in The Trials of Ted Haggard, an HBO documentary that aired last January, the Haggards moved through a series of temporary lodgings as the pastor-turned-insurance-salesman roamed Phoenix neighborhoods, growing to resemble the Willy Loman character in Death of a Salesman.

So virtually no one expected to find Haggard and his family back in their comfortable Colorado Springs home, less than a mile from the mega-church that started nearly 25 years ago as a basement gathering of worshippers. Gayle, Ted’s wife for the last 30 years, has written a book called Why I Stayed, which is slated for January release by Christian publisher Tyndale House. Ted, meanwhile, has begun speaking at churches around the country and recently posted to the Internet that he’s “motivated for the first time in 2.5 years to re-enter full-time ministry.”
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Ted Haggard came to Irving, Texas on Sunday to apologize for the scandal that ended his evangelical ministry in Colorado almost three years ago, the Dallas Morning News reports.

Since March, Haggard and his wife have appeared at dozens of churches around the country talking in general terms about his “sin” and her decision to forgive him.

“I can’t go into a lot of detail here,” Gayle Haggard said Sunday. She is writing a book about her ordeal titled Why I Stayed, which will be released in January.
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Disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard’s former church disclosed Friday that the gay sex scandal that caused his downfall extends to a young male church volunteer who reported having a sexual relationship with Haggard – a revelation that comes as Haggard tries to repair his public image.

The disclosure comes as Haggard, 52, is about to give a series of high-profile interviews to promote the cable documentary about his time in exile. He is scheduled to appear on CNN’s Larry King Live on Thursday, the date of the documentary’s premiere, and already has taped “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” [video]
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Ted Haggard, the powerful U.S. evangelist who fell from grace in 2006 amid a gay sex scandal, returned to the spotlight Friday saying his faith was stronger but he wished people had been more forgiving.

An HBO documentary about Haggard’s year in exile, his struggle with his sexuality in the face of his past condemnation of gays, and his attempts to make a living outside the church, will air on the cable TV network on January 29. [video]
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In an HBO documentary set to air Jan. 29, disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard says he never claimed to be heterosexual, as was once reported, and he continues to struggle with same-sex attraction.

But he’s committed to living a heterosexual life because he believes it’s better for children to be raised by a mother and a father.
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Ted Haggard may have revealed during recent sermons at an Illinois church that he was sexually abused as a child, but he’s not revealing whether his appearance hints at a desire to return to the pulpit permanently.

Several church leaders with ties to the disgraced founder of New Life Church, however, have a piece of advice: Don’t do it – at least not yet.
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Ted Haggard, the evangelist forced out of his job after being caught up in a sex scandal involving a male prostitute, has left a “spiritual restoration program” and no longer has any ties to the megachurch he founded, the congregation’s new pastor said Sunday.
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A statement from the church notes that Haggard agreed to “a process of spiritual restoration” in January 2007, but now has asked to end his relationship with the church.
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An associate pastor with a Phoenix megachurch said Tuesday that fallen Colorado Springs, Colo., minister Ted Haggard misled supporters in a letter asking for financial assistance.
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Former New Life Church pastor Ted Haggard has asked for donations to help support his family and suggested that they be sent to a nonprofit whose leader has been convicted of sex crimes.
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A pastor from a suburban Dallas megachurch has been chosen as the senior pastor at New Life Church, which has battled declining attendance since the firing of disgraced church founder Ted Haggard.
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An address where fallen Colorado Springs evangelical leader Ted Haggard said supporters could send him donations is the same as one listed for a man registered as a sex offender in Hawaii.
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The Rev. Ted Haggard, who left the megachurch he founded after admitting to “sexual immorality,” has asked supporters for financial assistance while he and his wife pursue their studies.
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The four-man oversight board strongly urged Haggard to go into secular work instead of Christian ministry if Haggard and his wife follow through on plans to earn master’s degrees in psychology.
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The former male prostitute whose accusations against New Life Church founder Ted Haggard led to Haggard’s dismissal as pastor visited the megachurch Sunday.
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Ted Haggard lost more than his pulpit and reputation when he admitted in November to sexual immorality and buying drugs. He also cast into doubt his status as a Christian author who counseled readers to marital faithfulness and sternly warned that sexual activities like pornography and prostitutes are poisoning you.
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The process includes counseling, in groups and alone, and prayer. Each restoration is unique, with a program tailored for the needs of the participant.
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Speakers urged the church’s members to find a way forward without recrimination or bitterness. A letter from Haggard was read from the 8,000-seat auditorium’s center stage.
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Less than 24 hours after being fired from the mega-church he founded, evangelical Pastor Ted Haggard confessed to a lifelong sexual problem.
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Ted Haggard, the beleaguered pastor of a Colorado Springs evangelical church who had denied having sex with a male prostitute, has been fired by an oversight board, which found him guilty of sexually immoral conduct.
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After denying that he had ever met a gay escort who claimed to have had a three-year sexual relationship with him, the Rev. Ted Haggard admitted yesterday that he had summoned the escort to give him a massage in a Denver hotel room and bought methamphetamine from him.
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Senior church officials told KKTV 11News Thursday evening, Pastor Ted Haggard has admitted to some of the claims made by a former male escort.
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The Rev. Ted Haggard, senior pastor at New Life Church, resigned Thursday as president of the 30-million-member National Association of Evangelicals, following allegations he paid a Denver man for sex over the last three years.
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Pastor changing the way evangelicals think about public life
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1. Ted Haggard fired by New Life Church oversight board
2. Church Leader Says Ted Haggard Admits To Some Indiscretions
3. Ted Haggard confesses to lifelong sexual problem
4. Ted Haggard Admits He Bought Drug but Denies Tryst
5. Ted Haggard: Man of cloth and clout
6. Disgraced Minister Begins Restoration
7. Ted Haggard says he is completely heterosexual
8. Leader of evangelical group resigns amid allegations
9. Ted Haggard's accuser accuser visits church
10. Evangelist Ted Haggard returns to the pulpit in Illinois

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